Golf tee



Sept. 8, 1925. 1,552,991

E. H. JONES GOLF TEE Filed June 15, 1925 Patented Sept. 8, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Application filed J'une15, 1925. Serial No. 37,187.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELEANOR H. Jonas, citizen of the United States, residin at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and tate of Massachusetts, have invented or discovered certain new and useful Improvements in Golf Tees, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention has for its object to provide a golf tee which will be practically indestructible, in that it is not liable to be broken, as also to provide a golf tee with means for preventing it from being lost. To this end the improved golf tee will preferably be constructed partly or wholly of hardened plastic material, such as bakelite, rubber, celluloid, shellac compositions or other tenacious substances. When it has a head only of such material a metal shank, pointed at its lower end so that it can be readily stuck into the ground, is molded into said head, and a portion integral with said shank projects outward from said head and is preferably formed into an eye or loop for the attachment of one end of a string or other suitable flexible connection the other end of which is to be attached to an anchoring pin stuck into the ground some little distance from the tee. Thus there will be ractically no liability of the tee being roken should the same be hit in teeing off, and there will practically be not liability of the tee being lost by being hit, owing to the fact that it is anchored to the ground. The invention may be embodied in various forms and the anchoring connection may be applied to different forms of tees, such as those at present in use, if desired, as will be understood.

In the accompanying drawing Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate two somewhat similar forms of the improved tee fitted for anchoring connections. Fig. 3 illustrates still another form of the invention in which the shank and anchoring loop. is molded into the head. Fig. 4 illustrates still another form of the invention, and Figs. 5 and 6 show different forms of heads which may be used in connection with shanks such as that shown in Fig. 4, if desired. Fig. 7 shows the anchoring eye or loop applied to still another form of tee.

Referring to the drawing, in the forms of the invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the

heads 12 and 12 are formedof plastic material which hardens readily and into this plastic material is molded a shank 13 which 18 to be stuck into the ground and which is preferably formed of metal. An integral part of the shank 14 extends outward from the head and is provided with an eye 15 for the attachment of a string 16 or other suitable fiexible connection to join the eye 15 with an anchoring pin 17 to be stuck into the ground at some little distance, say six or eight inches, from the tee.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 3 the metal shank 13 is formed as a fork, and integral with the upper end of said forked shank is a doubled part which is embedded in the head 12 and extends outward from said head where it is doubled on itself to form a loop or eye 15.

In the form of the invention shown in Flg. 4 the entire tee may be in one piece of molded plastic material, and may consist of a head 12 of either of the forms shown in Figs. 4 and 6, or of any suitable form, and the shank 13 may have a chisel point 13". This form of the tee will preferably be provided with an eye 15, which may have a shank molded into the head of the tee, or the tee may be provided with an ordinary screweye.

Fig. 7 shows still another form of the invention consisting of a head 12 and a shank 13 having a pointedlower end which may be either of a chisel form or otherwise. To the shank 13 is attached a metal loop 15 which may be simply coiled around the top of the shank or may be otherwise secured to the tee. In this form of the invention the entire tee may be molded in one piece as in the form of tee shown in Fig. 4, or it may be of wood or any other suitable material.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the invention provides a golf tee which will be practically indestructible in that it is formed of very tenacious material not liable to be broken, and to either of the forms of tee herein shown and described, as also to any other tee of similar character, an anchoring attachment such as is shown and described, may be applied. The invention is not limited to the particular constructions shown and described, as various modifications other than those referred to may be made within the scope of the claims hereunto appended. I

Having thus described my invention I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patcut:

1. A golf tee consisting of a head of harderred plastic material and a shank integral with which is a part moldedinto said head and having an outwardly projecting eye to which is to be attached a flexible connection to an anchoring pin.

'2. A golftee consisting of a head of hardened plastic material and a pointed metal shank integral with which is a part molded into said head and having an outwardly projccting eye to which is to be attached a flexible connection to an anchoring pin.

3. A golf tee comprising a ball-supporting head of hardened plastic material and a pointed shank ada ted to be stuck into the ground, combine with a metal eye or loop projecting outward from said head and integral with a part molded into said head, an anchoring pin, also to be stuck into the ground, and a flexible connection between said pin and said eye or loop.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. v

ELEANOR H. JONES. 

